Intro to Logic
The definition of Logic
What is "the science and art of reasoning well"?
Statements
What are "sentences with truth value"
The definition of argumentation/argument.
When 2 or more people attempt to persuade each other using facts, evidence, logic, and reasoning.
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What is Latin for "To The"
The two parts of a standard categorical statement, the same as English sentences.
What are Subjects and Predicates?
The 3 Laws of Logic
What are "Excluded Middle, Identity, and Noncontradiction"?
What statements are not.
What are Questions, Commands, & Nonsense.
The formal 1vs.1 debate named after 2 presidential candidates.
What are "Lincoln-Douglas debates"?
An error in logic or reasoning.
What are fallacies?
The 2 qualities of categorical statements.
What are affirmative and negative?
What is "reasoning"?
The 3 different statement types
What are "Facts, Inferences, & Opinions?"
The 4 parts of the argument scale.
What are "discussion, disagreement, argument, fight"?
Baculum
What is Latin for "stick"?
The two quantities of standard categorical statements
What are universal and particular
A basic type of argument where the conclusion connects one category with another.
What are "syllogisms"?
The two categories of statements and how we determine their truth value.
What are "Supported & Self-Supported"
Intentionally trying to recognize the argument, premise, main ideas, evidence, and reasoning of your opponent.
What is "listening to understand"?
The 3 Categories of Fallacies.
What are "distraction, ambiguity, and form"?
The names of the 3 terms.
What are the Major Term, Minor Term, and Middle Term?
The 3 methods of defining terms.
What are "by example, synonym, and genus & species"?
The 4 Relationships between statements.
What are "consistent, implied, equivalent, independent"?
A formal discussion, based on a text, where the leader asks open-ended questions and the students exchange questions to get closer to an agreed-upon conclusion.
What is a Socratic Seminar?
The two ways fallacies can be comitted.
What are "Intentionally and Unintentionally"?
The 5 relationships between standard categorical statements.
What are contrary, sub-contrary, super-implication, sub-implication, and contradiction?